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Post by Reach on Aug 4, 2012 15:28:11 GMT -5
I didn't realize you got a point for losing in five sets. Wow... Europeans really are too nice. This is the same point system that the FIVB has been using for quite some time if I'm not mistaken. Nothing new here to international volleyball followers...
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Post by sistahsledge on Aug 4, 2012 15:31:46 GMT -5
dammit Lotman. US should have swept this one. still don't understand why McKenzie wasn't put in to serve up late in the 3rd set instead of Lotman - McKenzie was key to closing out the 1st two sets. McKienzie had already come in to serve earlier in the set. A sub can enter a set only once.
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Post by HOLIDAY on Aug 4, 2012 15:43:15 GMT -5
If the coach would have just used the F bomb like Hugh we would have won.
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Post by sharp716 on Aug 4, 2012 18:11:28 GMT -5
Well, let's just hope this doesn't carry over. Let's sweep Tunisia and forget this ever happened. Then we'll play Argentina in the quarters. Everything will be ok. Yea, all we have to do is sweep and will play number 4 from Pool A. It hasn't been decided who that will be yet, but it looks like Argentina. Australia does have an outside shot. Am I missing something? Looks like there is a strong chance that Italy could take 4th in Pool A, and Bulgaria could also drop to 4th depending on how tie breakers work.
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Post by Gorflorg Orshforg on Aug 4, 2012 19:32:16 GMT -5
Yea, all we have to do is sweep and will play number 4 from Pool A. It hasn't been decided who that will be yet, but it looks like Argentina. Australia does have an outside shot. Am I missing something? Looks like there is a strong chance that Italy could take 4th in Pool A, and Bulgaria could also drop to 4th depending on how tie breakers work. It's possible, but Argentina hasn't looked good.
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Post by indoorvball on Aug 4, 2012 22:07:42 GMT -5
I am looking at this loss as a "glass half full"! Now we know what their best looks like... We have tape and we will adjust when we face them in the finals! Better to loose now than later!..... i agree with this also if there is such a thing as a good loss. it would have been great if we could have kept riding the highs of all those wins. i think the usa should have stepped up when when russia started playing at a higher level. we should have put more pressure on them, matt anderson is phenomenal but he needed to keep his serves out of the net and the rest of the usa team also. matt andersons serves was a big reason why we won that first set. he is a one man wrecking crew. when we lost that third set it felt like the usa just look deflated and dejected, no energy and no confidence. the look on their faces was a look of being lost. i also feel that knipe should have absolutely put in reid priddy in set 5. at the end of set 4 rooney was contributing zilch. we needed that back row middle attack and passing from priddy.
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Post by volleyball23 on Aug 4, 2012 22:57:51 GMT -5
Did you even watch the match?
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